With an estimated more than 10 million cases, India accounts for nearly 20% of the global epilepsy burden. The number of ...

Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) offers vast opportunities in personalized medicine, cancer research, and reproductive health by enabling DNA analysis from minimal samples. Technological advancements ...

Groundbreaking research at Seattle Children's Hospital provides critical genetic diagnoses for newborns within 48 hours.

The medical examiner's office investigates approximately 40,000 deaths per year in New York City. Its molecular genetics laboratory, founded by Dr. Yingying Tang in 2003, is the only one of its kind ...

A genetic technology known as a gene drive could help prevent malaria by spreading genes in wild mosquitoes that stop them transmitting the parasite. Tests in a lab in Tanzania have now confirmed that ...

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

Sue Dearden was 61 when she went for the routine blood test that would change her life. Having moved from Dorking in Surrey to Spain in 2020, she had regular tests thanks to her private healthcare, ...

ALS is a debilitating paralytic disease characterized as the death of upper and lower motor neurons. Fortunately, ALS is relatively rare, with an incidence rate of 1.6 per 100,000 adults, resulting in ...

Carley Millhone is a writer and editor based in the Midwest who covers health, women's wellness, and travel. Her work has appeared in publications like SELF, Greatist, and PureWow. Jay N. Yepuri, MD, ...